Health Status of Patients Who Underwent Liver Transplantation During the Coronavirus Outbreak at a Large Center in Milan, Italy

Affiliations

¹ Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, C.R.C. "A.M. & A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease" Milan; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Transplant Hepatology Unit, Milan. Electronic address: francesca.donato@policlinico.mi.it.
² Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, C.R.C. "A.M. & A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease" Milan; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Transplant Hepatology Unit, Milan.
³ Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, C.R.C. "A.M. & A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease" Milan; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Milan; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Maria Francesca Donato et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;18(9):2131-2133.e1.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.04.041. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

¹ Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, C.R.C. "A.M. & A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease" Milan; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Transplant Hepatology Unit, Milan. Electronic address: francesca.donato@policlinico.mi.it.
² Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, C.R.C. "A.M. & A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease" Milan; Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Transplant Hepatology Unit, Milan.
³ Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, C.R.C. "A.M. & A. Migliavacca Center for Liver Disease" Milan; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, Milan; Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

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COVID-19: An Overview of Worldwide Recommendations for Management of Patients With Liver Diseases or Liver Transplantation.
Perazzo H, Piedade J, Castro R, Pinto L, Veloso VG, Grinsztejn B, Pereira G, Fernandes FF. Perazzo H, et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Sep;18(10):2381-2384.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.04.074. Epub 2020 May 12. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020. PMID: 32407967 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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